Helix Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Another old kit bought from a garage sale last year guys ! 1973 issue and built straight from the box with no aftermarket bits.... Even the old school 'glue together' tyres worked a treat and the decals were still good! Testors silver base coat with Tamiya clear red.... Certainly was a challenge to build, the door hinges and chrome parts were a 'PINTA', still not sure if I correctly put them on trying to follow the vague instructions ! Don't you just love that 4 banger engine ! Cheers Ray
Harry P. Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Not bad for a vintage kit. But you should foil the rear door handle... Also... what's that hole in the firewall for?
Danno Posted July 14, 2014 Posted July 14, 2014 Nice model from a fiddly kit. The hole in the firewall is where the fuel filter should be.
southpier Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 I just assumed the firewall aperture was a variation of the Von Dutch "Tube le Dump". see page #4 - www.aeclassic.com/von_dutch_kenford
Helix Posted July 15, 2014 Author Posted July 15, 2014 Cheers guys, thanks for the feedback! Funny you should say that Harry, the kit has separate chrome handles for the doors and hood, not the rear door!! So what I did rather than BMF, was carefully buff the clear red coat off exposing the silver base to outline the handle As for the hole in the firewall Danno / Joe, the instructions showed nothing about placing a filter there and no part on the tree resembles a filter ! Thanks again Ray
bpletcher55 Posted July 15, 2014 Posted July 15, 2014 nice job on an old kit ,they are very fiddly little thing.s to work with , looks supper ,
Daddyfink Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 Nice job on one of my all time favorite kits! I have at least three in my stash!
Greg Myers Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Nice model from a fiddly kit. The hole in the firewall is where the fuel filter should be. Choke rod on the four cylinder carburetor or the fuel filter Edited July 17, 2014 by Greg Myers
Danno Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Choke rod on the four cylinder carburetor or the fuel filter Nope. Not the carburetor adjustment (choke) rod. The hole is too high on the firewall; the choke rod penetrates the firewall below the horizontal crease. Edited July 17, 2014 by Danno
southpier Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 I'm tellin' ya's, it's for to lose the beer can so the fuzz don't bust ya!
Greg Myers Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Looked through a lot of old instructions, it wasn't in any of them. big enough hole though. Edited July 17, 2014 by Greg Myers
Art Anderson Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 Not bad for a vintage kit. But you should foil the rear door handle... Also... what's that hole in the firewall for? Very simple, Harry! Given that Model A Fords all had their gas tanks as either the cowling itself (1928-29 roadster, coupe, 2dr sedan and the unique taxicab body) or underneath the cowl panel (1928-29 Fordor sedans, all 1930-31 body styles), that is where the fuel line came through the firewall, and where the sediment bulb was located (which is in the Revell kits, used when the stock engine is installed (remember, Model A, like every other American car at the time of the A's introduction, used gravity feed from fuel tank (Ford in particular) or a fuel reservoir at the top of the firewall in the case of vacuum-feed of gasoline from a chassis-mounted tank, in the days before AC developed the first camshaft-actuated diaphragm fuel pumps. FWIW, EVERY Model A Ford built 1927-31 had as its dashboard, the rear face of the gas tank, with a gas gauge directly in the tank itself, having a magnifier lens which even showed actual gasoline when the tank was full up! Art
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